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John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do (Harvard Business Review Book)
by John P. Kotter
from Harvard Business School Press
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Fantastic 
Professor Kotter is a Master among Masters in the field of leadersip and change management.
This is a simple, concise and usefull book about the subject.
A must for every manager that wants to reach a true leadership edge.
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Leaders versus Managers - Kotter gets it.
I have read a lot of articles by J.P. Kotter on Harvard Business Review. I've been very impressed with his distinction of leadership versus management and this book perhaps covers it better than any. I am definitely a Kotter fan and this book is a must for anyone in a position of leadership. There are a lot of managers in the industry, but very few managers as Kotter points out.
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The Differencing Between Leading and Managing
In a long working career I have observed numerous instances of the high management manage companies with very few examples of them leading the company somewhere. I worked for Univac for instance, saw them merge with Burroughs, and watched as they turned two five billion dollar companies into one six billion dollar (with a loss in 2006 of almost $300 million). I watched Digital Equipment completely misunderstand the impact of the PC and go from a major player to be part of Compaq, then part of HP.
While... more info
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A good book on leadership
Kotter, a professor of leadership at Harvard Business School, distinguishes between a leader and a manager. The former is someone who works thru people and culture; the latter works thru hierarchy and systems. Kotter points out the need to nurture leaders, and he writes of the interdependence of leaders and led. What is required to bring about change, he says, is starting with a sense of urgency, developing a team, communicating the vision, etc. A leader works with others to develop a vision as well as... more info
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